News Uganda: Why Uganda Is The Next Big Destination To Know
Often described as one of the most powerful wildlife experiences, an encounter with a mountain gorilla is high on many a wish list. Uganda has the highest number in the world of these elusive primates and trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is one of the best places to see them. Elsewhere, Uganda also has an abundance of other wildlife, including chimpanzees and the Big Five. Here’s why Uganda should be top of your travel list this year…
News Uganda: Uganda: How Culture Is Becoming Relevant Again to a New Generation
Across Uganda, a quiet yet powerful shift is unfolding. A new generation of young people is increasingly looking inward--towards their roots, stories, and shared heritage--as a source of pride and identity.
News Uganda: Inside Uganda’s traffic bribery
On any given day along Uganda’s busy highways and crowded city streets, traffic police officers stand in the middle of the flow, arms raised, whistles blowing, directing vehicles through chaotic ...
News Uganda: Uganda Deploys Military to Enforce Traffic Offences Days After Flooding in Kampala
Kampala city authorities have attributed the floods in downtown Kampala to architectural flaws in some arcades, with the UDF now intervening.
News Uganda: Uganda’s Inventive Protest Culture
Ugandans have limited options when it comes to holding their political leaders accountable. Elections in the country have grown less and less credible over time. Civil society is vilified and ...
News Uganda: Creative Uganda: cultural professionals in the spotlight
On 6 September 2017, the Uganda National Commission for UNESCO brought together members of the National Task Force for the project “Creative Industries Development for the Diversity of Cultural ...
News Uganda: After presidential election, Ugandan police detain a key ally of opposition figure Bobi Wine
Police have detained a key ally of Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine, accusing him of involvement in election-related violence ...
News Uganda: Uganda leveraging Afcon spotlight to woo North African tourists
The Uganda Cranes may have exited early from the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Morocco, but all is not lost for the tourism sector. A delegation from the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), led by ...
News Uganda: Americans among 15 arrested during Black Lives Matter protest in Uganda, police say
The protesters were rallying in the wake of the death of George Floyd. KAMPALA -- Several Americans were among those arrested during an anti-racism protest in Uganda's capital on Tuesday, police said.
News Uganda: Mahmood Mamdani on how Uganda's history shaped his belonging — and his son's moment
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Professor Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, "Slow Poison." The book is a firsthand report on the tragic unraveling of Uganda's struggle for independence.
News Uganda: Doctors Soldier on In Uganda's Cancer Fight
Despite an increase in cancer diagnosis, experts say the country remains East Africa's centre of excellence for cancer management, with free access to treatment.
News Uganda: Uganda Internet Registration Stirs Free Speech Concerns
Uganda is ramping up efforts to curtail online content deemed immoral or hateful, a move critics say will silence dissent. Since March 2018, the Uganda Communications Commission, a state regulator, has required certain online publishers to register and pay a fee of $20 per year. Now, the government is expanding its enforcement of the regulation, levying the fee on news organizations and social media influencers with large followings, including some journalists, celebrities, musicians and athletes. The UCC calls these people “data communicators” and will be looking at media sites, including
News Uganda: Uganda: Sseninde Roots for Glory in Uganda's Women Football
Lady footballer Jean Sseninde is hopeful that the Crested Cranes is strong enough to compete at the Women African Cup of Nations, if good preparations are done early enough. Sseninde, who plies ...
News Uganda: Police raids UYD offices
KAMPALA - Police in Kampala have raided Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) offices and arrested some UYD members for allegedly printing and distributing propaganda T-shirts. The UYD offices were raided at ...
News Uganda: Police raid DP youth offices, impound T-shirts honouring Bobi Wine's slain driver
Police on Tuesday raided offices of the Democratic Party youth wing, the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD), and impounded T-shirts bearing words “Rest in Peace” in memory of Yasin Kawuma, the driver of ...
News Uganda: Uganda: Police Officer Charged Over Shs100,000 Bribe
A Police detective who was arrested in connection with soliciting a bribe of Shs100,000 to frustrate a case has been charged with corruption-related offenses. Mr Tom Embish Alyanga, a police ...
News Uganda: Millions Missing From Uganda's Pension Coffers
The Ministry of Finance released over U.S.$7 million for state pensions for the 2018/19 financial year but only just over U.S.$1 million has been accounted for. Some ministries, including agriculture, education, health and the police, are unable to explain what happened to the missing state pension money.
News Uganda: New strategy to revamp Uganda’s textile sector
With 41 per cent of the youth out of active employment and 48 per cent self-employed in low paying economic activity, reactivation of Uganda’s textile value chain could boost national income. Planners ...
